The Lowry Hotel opened in 1927 and was 12 floors of pure glamour. An addition was made in 1930 to...
Twin Cities Area
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
On Thursday, December 9, 1937, the badly burned body of Ruth Margaret Munson was found in the...
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Robbinsdale Library
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Eight Days in May Protests
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Gates of Stonebridge
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
District #28 School in Ramsey
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
The Swinford Townhomes
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Greater Minnesota
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Frederick E. Murphy was known as the publisher and guiding spirit of the Minneapolis Tribune...
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Snake River Fur Post has reopened for the season. As I’ve mentioned a few times before...
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 6 School in New Sweden
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Welcome To Dotson
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Old School In Wolverton
Remembering Quadna Resort
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Old Brewery In Preston
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Bend in the River Regional Park
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Red Wing Iron Works
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Almelund Creamery
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
The Le Sueur Theater
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Lost Highway 61
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
State Theater In Hutchinson
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Jordan Brewery Complex
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
District 48 School Near Delano
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Milford Monument
Moving Old Hibbing
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Green Lake Mounds
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Exploring Sandstone
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Florence Town Hall
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion School In Duluth
Finding The Past In Swatara
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Ruins of Sawyer School
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Little Falls Depot
Exploring Ottawa
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Historic Franconia
Moderne New Ulm Library
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hanover Bridge
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Welcome To Cobden
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Endion Depot In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Historic Wasioja
The Little Marais Inn
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Hollywood Town Hall
Welcome to Hanska
The End of the Line in Currie
Meyer School In St Augusta
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Oxford Mill Ruin
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Dead Good Walks
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
When I arrived at the Medo Central Cemetery, I didn’t know much about the history of the area...
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
On the darkest night in St. Paul, the living and the dead would come together in Jackson Woods...
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Maple Hill Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30, 1901, in St. Louis, MO. After his mother’s death in 1905...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Roadtrips
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
On June 24, 1882, at around 3:00 p.m., St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Number 43 train...
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...

